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‘As I was washing the dishes, a grackle landed in the grass outside the kitchen window.’

‘I went down towards the creek and found a huge flock of robins, grackles and red-winged blackbirds foraging.’

‘Chickadees, cardinals, doves, and robins came and went, and a grackle made a racket in the woods.’

‘If larger birds such as grackles are a problem, choose feeders designed for small birds, such as a thistle tube or hanging globe.’

‘Instead of our winter visitors that left us for more northern areas, we now have grackles, red-wings and cowbirds.’

‘Above, a white stork stands surrounded by boat-tailed grackles in Lion Country Safari, a bird sanctuary in Palm Beach, Florida.’

‘Even a casual neighborhood search will turn up a surprising variety, including doves, cardinals, bluejays, grackles, a handful of sparrows and at least two or three species guaranteed to make you reach for your field guide.’

‘Cracked corn is a favorite of mourning doves, grackles and juncos.’

‘Central Park is rife with robins, great with grackles, and burgeoning with blue jays.’

‘If jays, grackles, and other large birds are crowding out smaller birds, switch to a feeder that discriminates, or blocks, them, but not the smaller, more desirable birds.’

‘There are great-tailed grackles everywhere singing into the night - they sound like dolphins in the trees.’

‘The common birds included grackles, blackbirds, catbirds, and lots and lots of robins.’

2Another term for an Asian mynah or starling, with mainly black plumage.

‘I heard a distant flock of blackbirds gathering for the night - starlings and grackles, perhaps.’

Origin

Late 18th century: from modern Latin Gracula, from Latin graculus jackdaw.